Alberta Center of Equine Podiatry

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12/21/2022

Stabilizing a broken coffin bone on a 2 year old warm blood yesterday. The clips behind the bridge of the hoof capsule will help keep the fracture from displacing. Sole is packed with shore 15 glue-u impression material to minimize ground force reaction.

She will be on stall rest for the foreseeable future.

06/12/2022

It’s been a busy start to the beginning of the summer and as such we are a little behind. However we need to send a huge congratulations to Miss Aspen Green for her win at the Wildrose Blacksmithing Championships a couple weeks ago. Aspen graduated Olds College Advanced Farrier Science in 2021 at the top her class and has just entered her second year of apprenticeship.

All the hard work is paying off! Great job young lady. Keep swinging.

02/08/2022

We did a wonderful lecture/discussion/dissection this last weekend. Brenda Fitzgerald and the students from the Natural Touch Equine Therapy Program provided an opportunity for us to speak our thoughts of all things farriery. One day was a lecture and round table discussion. Day two was a trim demo discussing what we look for in balance and then we finished with a few hours of guided lower limb dissection. Thank you Audrey Williams for your exceptional contributions.

12/25/2021

Merry Christmas to all our friends. Whether you are a client, colleague, or family thank you for being a part of our lives. Best wishes in the coming new year.

10/19/2021

Congratulations on a great finish to the season! Happy to work for such great people.

10/04/2021

What a great weekend with the Mile 0 crew! Many thanks to Matt Roberson and Rachel for their hospitality this weekend it was so nice to go to some continuing education again. Adam Degenstein as always was a fabulous clinician and the time with Dr Mike Ross was well worth the drive. I’ve always wanted to shoot some radiographs in formable footing pre and post trim as well as post shoeing. Thank you as well to Blue Bell Farm Serviced for the sponsorship. There nothing quite like getting to spend the weekend with like minded professionals!!

04/17/2021

This is such a cool sequence of how the anatomy of the lower limb works under load.

This is a 1 second clip we got from the Royal Veterinary College Structure and Motion Lab, we looped it and slowed it down a few different ways to help you s...

03/24/2021

Sometimes when your horse blows a crack it warrants further investigation. Due to opposing limb lameness and improper limb loading this crack has been a bit bothersome. I pulled the heartbar off this guy got some images and changed the shoe package.

Thank you to Dr Cerah Bowyer at Barr north Veterinary service for the hock injections and a definite diagnosis.

We have bilateral articulating arthritis in his hocks. As well as significant mineralization in both deep flexor tendons in the fore limbs and a large lesion in the distal sesamoid of the right front. Most owners would call this navicular disease.

Poor guy is already much sounder after a couple days.

03/12/2021

We would like to welcome Isaiah Stelter to our team! Isaiah is a hard work young man with an excessive passion for jumping horses! He will be riding for our brand throughout Alberta this summer. Best of luck this season. Not that you will need it with your tireless work ethic.